mounting a IKEA besta cabinet on the plaster board

nig3d

Hi,

I live in a new built house (6 years old) and everything is made of plasterboard here.

I want to mount a ikea besta unit on one of the main wall (the one shared with my neighbour).

I have no clue if there are studs behind the wall and if there are, I cannot be sure if I can use them, since the spaces are tight and I am quite limited.

If I use the best wall plugs out there, will I be able to mount them on the wall without worries?

I could use hollow anchors (M5 x 52mm?), but I have been told that zip anchors (snap togglers) are even better! The support is 2 CM tick so I need also quite long screws.

I_have_spoken

Depends no the weight you want the cabinets to support. I'd be tempted to take the weight via the breeze-blocks not the plasterboard - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004WDG2TO/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

nig3d

I see, I guess there are blocks behind the plasterboards, but I have no clue how far they are from the plasterboard

frisbeej

I think it would be pushing it, to just mount it to the plaster. If you can find a stud, which are probably going to be metal in a house of that age, then it'll be a lot stronger. Stud detector should pick them up, tapping like you do with wooden studs doesn't work.


I have spoken's breeze box fixings look good, could drill a pilot hole and see how far back the breeze blocks are, pencil, stick, drill bit etc. to measure the depth of the hole.

nig3d

thanks for the answers. I measured it and it's 3 cm away. Are breeze bricks strong enough even if they are hollow?

nig3d

also, I'd like to buy the m6 rigfix, but the 12mm hole scares me a bit. The brown plugs are not enough? Is it true that I could have loose anchors with them?

System

OP- We had one of these above our bed until it came crashing down at 3 am one morning ! luckily one side held and the failed side landed on the headboard rather than my head.
Ours was fitted into a brick wall with the appropriate fittings !They are bloody heavy so how ever you fit it up go for a belts and braces approach.

nig3d

wow scary, do you remember what wall plug you used?

Ant555

I have dry-lined plasterboard walls too and its a nightmare to put anything up.
I always use Rawlplug 'rawl in one' plugs and ALWAYS oversize what I need. Ive got 2 bags of them in my shed Large and medium and that's all I have used for years with good results.


I have some Ikea Besta wall units hung on a wall with board and breeze block but I was wary of the weight so I fitted a horizontal baton to the wall first. The baton is fixed to the wall but 'inside' the cupboard so you don't see it - its painted white to match the wall unit so its not noticeable at all
I am not at home right now but I think I might have put up two batons with a gap left for the middle bit.
Effectively the cupboard is attached to the wall but is sitting on the baton too which shares the load and I have absolute confidence it will be fine for a long time.

nig3d

sorry English is not my first language, what do you mean exactly with baton?

Ant555

A piece of wood screwed to the wall first to help take the load
It might be spelt 'batten' rather than 'baton' !

Here is an image I just found online



In the picture its shown below the wall unit which will work but doesnlt look great.
Mine is inside the wall unit at the top - i'll see if I can post an image of it when I get home.